Creating a pool on STON.fi is permissionless and takes minutes — but a poorly seeded pool gives users a bad experience and can quickly attract scam concerns. Here are the practices that tend to separate well-run launches from rough ones.
Seed enough initial liquidity
A small pool means high price impact on every swap, which makes the displayed price look unfair and discourages users. Aim for enough liquidity that a normal-sized swap moves the price by no more than 1–2%.
Pool type
The standard STON.fi user interface lets you create a regular constant-product pool. Other pool types — Stableswap, WCPI, WStableswap — are configured at the protocol level and are not selectable via the standard pool-creation UI. If your token needs a non-standard pool type, submit a request to STON.fi support and we'll route it to the responsible specialists.
Get the token recognized in wallets
While STON.fi itself doesn't verify tokens, the third-party wallets (Tonkeeper, etc.) where most TON users keep their tokens do. Submit your token to Tonkeeper's ton-assets repository as early as possible — by the time you're driving real traffic, the "Unverified Token" badge in Tonkeeper should already be gone. See How do I remove the Unverified Token badge in Tonkeeper or Tonviewer?.
Have a launch communications plan
- Publish the canonical pool link and contract address on your official channels first, before scammers can.
- Pin a message warning the community to verify the contract address before swapping.
- Consider an AMA or a STON.fi community event to coincide with the launch.
Be aware of STON.fi interface warnings and flags
STON.fi applies its own interface-level warnings to tokens that look suspicious — for example, the Honeypot, Fake, Taxable, Blacklisted, and Suspicious flags. Note that the SCAM tag you may see in other TON tools (Tonkeeper, Tonviewer) is not a STON.fi label — it comes from those third-party products. Build credibility through normal token operations, not surprise changes (sudden renames, mass burns, hidden transfer mechanics), so that none of these flags trip on your token.